Is Mist Flower deer resistant?
Conoclinium coelestinum
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 5–10LightPart shadeMature height18–36 inBloomSummer and Fall
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
Native range27 US states
About Mist Flower
Fluffy blue heads in autumn, a colour almost nothing else provides that late, and butterflies work it heavily. It runs at the root and seeds as well, so it belongs in a wild border rather than a formal bed. Cut it back by half in June to stop it flopping.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 18 to 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Mist Flower
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
- African LilyAgapanthus sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AsparagusAsparagus officinalisZones 2–9Seldom damaged
- AsterAster sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AstilbeAstilbe x arendsiiZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Baby's BreathGypsophila sp.Zones 3–9, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- BastardsageEriogonum wrightiiZones 5–10Seldom damaged
Where Mist Flower grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginianative
- Marylandnative
- Michigannative
- Wisconsin
- Ohionative
- Indiananative
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesota
- Missourinative
- North Carolinanative
- Tennesseenative
- Georgianative
- Texasnative
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delawarenative
- West Virginianative
- Kentuckynative
- South Carolinanative
- Floridanative
- Alabamanative
- Mississippinative
- Louisiananative
- Arkansasnative
- Oklahomanative
- Kansasnative
- Nebraskanative
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbianative
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 27 US states in total.
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Mist Flower
- Is Mist Flower deer resistant?
- Mist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Mist Flower grow in?
- Mist Flower is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Mist Flower grow in shade?
- Yes. Mist Flower tolerates part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.
- How big does Mist Flower get?
- Mature height is roughly 18–36 in. Growth rate is fast.